John Wensveen

Chief Innovation Officer at NSU and Executive Director

of the Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation

Dr. John Wensveen is Chief Innovation Officer at NSU and Executive Director of the Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation responsible for overseeing a multimillion-dollar P3 (public private partnership) to support the growing entrepreneurial ecosystem by attracting and retaining industry-leading entrepreneurs, technology, sources of investment capital, and supporting resources to create a premier innovation center.

Prior to this role, Wensveen was the vice provost of academic schools at Miami Dade College, providing direct leadership and direction for the college’s professional education programs. He was responsible for creating corporate relationships with local, regional, national, and international boards and organizations and with leaders of foreign governments, businesses, and non-governmental organizations.

Wensveen has extensive academic leadership experience, including professor and head of the School of Aviation & Transportation Technology at Purdue University, dean of the School of Aviation at Dowling College, and professor of airline management at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Wensveen has held a variety of industry leadership positions including Partner/EVP at Mango Aviation Partners, Global Head of Airline Advisory Services at Radixx International, President of Airline Visions, Executive Consultant at InterVISTAS, Senior Director at Marriott Vacation Club International, Vice President of International Affairs at MAXjet Airways, Director of Strategy and Communications at Corporate Visions, and Manager of Pacific Rim Flight Operations & Passenger Services at Canada 3000 Airlines.

Wensveen is an external instructor at the International Air Transport Association (IATA), a certified instructor at the Turkish Aviation Academy (Turkish Airlines), a frequent contributor to the media, provides expert witness testimony, and is author of two leading industry books including "best-seller" Air Transportation: A Management Perspective and Wheels Up: Airline Business Plan Development.

Wensveen earned Masters and Ph.D. degrees in International Air Transport and Business from Cardiff University (United Kingdom) and a B.A. in Geography and Transportation Land Use Planning from the University of Victoria (Canada).

In his free time, he is an avid boater, scuba diver, and enjoys hitting the open road in his RV.